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Genius loci jako vnitřní regionálně-kohézní síla umožňující tvorbu fraktálně-společenských struktur
Genius loci as the inner regional-cohesion force which enables formation of the fractal-social structures

Author(s): Jaroslav Vencálek
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Applied Geography, Governance, Geopolitics
Published by: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Filozofická fakulta, Inštitút politológie
Keywords: Cohesion;Fractal structure;Genius loci;Kysuce region;Ostrava region;Stropkov

Summary/Abstract: Although the term “genius loci” has been known and used since ancient civilizations, it was considered almost unimportant in a technically industrialized and competitive world. However, the pursuit of a more dignified life for the human communities has again revealed its undeniable importance as an inner cohesion force, applied in partial territorial-social structures. In an integrating world, it may be a useful tool to transform historically created hierarchical structures into more humanly functional fractal structures. This possibility is documented in the study by regional examples from Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

  • Issue Year: 8/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 68-78
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech